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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
1T WORkETH WELL.
Plain Understanding Existing Between q
Conscientious Father and Son.

Plain Understanding Existing Between q
Conscientious Father and Son.
Close by a railroad junction in Ala
bama, where we had to wait some time
for the other train, was general store,
and several of us went over to see how
business was done. The proprietor was
little old man with a benevolent face,
and his clerk was his son, who was q
hawk-eyed, sharp-nosed young man
with no benevolence about him. The
customers were principally negroes,
and there was a great run on some new
tin coffee pots just unpacked. The one
hung up for a sample was marked
twenty-five" on the bottom. Every
time darky asked the old man for a
coffee pot he was referred to "William,"
and every time William was asked for
calico he referred the customer to
father. We saw this go on until our
curiosity was aroused, and the Colonel
finally asked the old man for an expla-
nation.
Stranger" queried the old man in
reply.
yes"
Don't live about herep"
80, no; just waiting for the train"
"Well, then, it's just this way: Will
lam has the conscience to ask forty
cents for twenty-five cent coffee pot,
and as he is leetle sot in his ways 1
let him tend to that line"
"But about the calicoP"
"Well, try as hard as may, can't
ask over eighteen pence for ten-cent
calicos and as William knows how
rigid my principles are he never inter-
feres with my side of the store. DE
troit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

"A San Francisco concern is making
handsome pressed brick out of coal
ashes and cinders. These bricks have
stood the severest tests for strength,
and are made without baking or burn
ing. =
Two astronomers of the Grand Du-
cal observatory, Carlsruhe, have made
the remarkable observation that The disc
of the planet Uranus appears distinctly
elliptical instead of perfectly circular.
-Arkansaw TraUeler.
Russia has 4SS cotton mills with
So, 165 looms, where so, 500 workmen
find employment, producing goods
worth $32, 800, 900 per annum. Linen
is made in 81 factories, which furnish
employment to 25,50C workmen. :.
"A new theory of the final destruc-
ton of the earth is that the polar ice is
penetrating the interior Of the globe
like wedge, and that as soon as it
reaches the furnace there will be an ex-
plosion that will split the world into
pieces too small for truck patches
Frank LeSlie'S Newspaper. !
-Carbonic acid, produced by the
action of vinegar on marble, is supposed
to have been used as an anesthetic by
the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. NJ.
Oh. Ozanam reports to the Paris Bio
logical Society that anasthesia induced
by carbonic acid is very complete. may
last long time, and the gas, of course,
being mixed with air, is without danger.
Boston Budget.
Professor Thomson is quoted as
predicting that when the means of
utilizing the power of creating quick
heating by electricity is better under
stood, it will be used in every workshop
for welding, forging, and other pur-
poses. 1t would be well for our man
utacturers to watch the progress of the
adaptation of electricity to manufacture
ing purposes.-7h Age of Steel.
Augusta, Ga, has twelve cotton
factories worth S6,67O,OOO, employing
1926 persons, who operate 212,336
spindles. Water-power costs S.. so per
horsepower there; in New England it
costs $42. 1t would not pay to use coal
if it were furnished for nothing. About
$4,000 bales of cotton are consumed
annually.
Prof. Julius Wiesmer has conducted
an investigation on the reasons why
paper becomes yellow on standing ex-
posed to the light. He shows that the
following of wood pulp paper is an
oxidation process caused by light, and
that moisture aids it very much. If
the paper pulp is entirely free from
matters other than cellulose, the yell
lowing will not take place.-N Y In
dependent.
"A new trade for women is that of
"neighborhood darner" The woman
who follows it has for her customers
dozen or twenty households, each of
which she visits weekly, and spends
few hours in doing up the family darn
ing and menHng, including the ripping
and cleansing of old gowns. Her en-
gagements are systematized and she
never lacks work. Some of these
members make a speciality of repairing
lace and other delicate fabrics. The
pay is fairly good, and the professional
member is a grea. blessing to busy
housekeepers with large families
Golden Rule.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

Magnolia metal is an invention
which promises to secure that much
desired result, immunity from heated
journals in running gear of all kinds
shot boxes" as they are called. 1t is
secret composition of lead, antimony,
etc, somewhat in the nature of the
well-known "Babbitt metal" but has
stood tests, both in testing machines,
and in practice in engines working at a
high velocity, much more severe than
any other metal thus far made has been
able to endure. N Y. Examiner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

-Potted Finnan Haddies: Cold boiled
haddies, of any that is left from had
dock at dinner, must be pounded fine,
with little butter, cayenne pepper,
salt and an atom of mace, or sprinkle
of curry powder. Serve in little
mound, with hot, dry toast Cinci1nati
Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
TWO FRIENDS.

Bitter words they'd spoken
Each to each,
Till cloud unbroken
Seemed to reach
Seemed to float between them
Dull and gray
Like vail, to screen them
Since that day
Each from each; till alas there
Half in hate
They did meet and pass there,
Who so late
Had been friends together,
Friends Of years,
Through all winds and weather,
Hopes and fears.
All these years mistaken"
Murmured one;
%'Now to start and waken,
Find undone,
Ruined past retrieving
At blow
All my fine believing"
Very low
Murmured he. the other,
This, the endi
More than any brother
Seemed this friend"
Thus apart they spoke there
Under breath.
AT that moment broke there
News of death.
Faster yet, and faster
Flew that wall
OF the dread disaster,
Till the tale
Over all the city
Cast its gloom
OF dismay and pity
For such doom.
When the rumors rang there
At the start,
More than one man sprang there
Sick at heart.
One thus fearing, waited,
Dumb with fear,
For the friend "half-hated,"
Now so dear
Should he find him lying
Stiff and stark =!
Should he find him dying ?
Hank oh, bark.
Whose the voice that falls there
On his ear
Whose the name it calls there,
Full and clear?
Face to face thus meeting,
Hand to hand,
In that moment greeting,
Dumb they stand;
With full hearts outgoing,
Each to each,
With full eyes o'erflowing
For their speech.
What they'd once commended.
Blindly thought
All their friendship ended,
Come to naught ?
Face to face with death there,
Out OF sight,
Like windblown breath there,
Fled their spite.
-Nord Perry, in N. T. Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

While busting the furniture, Ban
gor serving maid fell out of a second
story window. She then placidly arose
and busted herself. NJ Y, Commercial
AdvertiSer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16


mess.
The Hon. Bob Topsham was there and
glared unutterable things at his brother
officer throughout the repast. Indeed, ole
Smith could not help being conscious thai
he was an object Of general interest, and
from the fact that conversation at the ta5Irs
was more subdued than usual, although il
was guest night, he opined that during
his brief absence storm had been gather,
ing which would presently burst upon his
head
Immediately after dinner Smith, as was
his custom, rose and left the room, with.
out taking any wine. Bob Topsham also
rose and followed him, and when he got
outside the door said, in a voice which was
almost inarticulate with anger:
Smith, are you going to apologize for
your behaviorw
"Hullo" exclaimed Smith, laughing
'that's rather good; sub of three wears,
standing making cool request like that to
a man fifteen years his seniorp'
81 don't care if you were fifty years nv
senior" retorted the young officer. ''You,ve
behaved in Az
"Stopl stopl" cried old Smith, "don,t or
too far Let me have word! Come IL
my rooms"
Directly the door was closed behind
them, old Smith, without any preface
said: "Are you still in love with Gracif
Cloughr'
"Of course l am" replied Bob, in amaze
ment. "But what's the use of it nov,
you've bolted with herl You've taken :
mean advantage of fellow. You've he.
haved like az
STEADY, lad, steadyp' interposed oil
Smith, laying his hand gently on IN.
shoulder of the excited youngster. uIt,.
true I've taken her away, but | only did .,
to enable me to do you good turn. Your,
, 1887-11-18

The Listener observes, not without a
certain regret. that there is n tendency to
introduce certain reforms i'm the ]pronuuci
alton of the names of old Massachusetts,
towns. The pronunciation brought from
England is being gradually dropped. and
the souud a~pproXimated to the spelling Of
the word. What were once Stonc'nm and
War'8m have become StOneham and
Wareham, and what was WOobUrn is now
WOburn. LeOminster was Lempster to
begin with, and to the town in New
hampshire, which was named in honor OF
old LeOuinster in England, the name of
Lempster was actually given. Perhaps it
was the oldest inhabitants ignorance Of
photography that has preserved this testi-
mony of the original pronunciation of the
name. But in the mouths of the people
Of our Massachusetts Leominster, the
name has first become Le'mlnster, and
will, after awhile, it is to be supposed, be
reformed another stage into Le-o-minster.
The English Lester, for Leicester, has be-
come leicester with us; heaven preserve
us from LEICESTER or Leicester.
One always hears Worcester for
Worcester; shall we presently hear War
c%es-tcr? Happily there is nm Ohio town of
Wooster, which preserves in its spelling
the original pronunciation, just as the
New Hampshire Lempster keeps the orig
inal sound of Leominster. The Listener
has even heard the browning enormity of
Portsmouth. This is worse than Porch
mouth, which used to be heard. There
are old people in Gloucester who call the
name of the town Glockster. The Listen
er does not know where the usage came
from. 1t is not as bad as Gloucester
would be, which, it may fairly be sup
posed, will be the eventful pronunciation
of the name of the town, If the present
phonetic tendency continues. - Boston
, 1887-11-18

All the resorts in Colorado known to
me where n can obtain the comforts of
life essential to improvement are at an
altitude of several thousand feet, and
this fact or some other unexplained cause
seems to create a necessity requiring
those who improve or recover there to
continue their residence in order to main
tain their Improvement. l cannot claim
that this theory has beer proven, but it
is sufficiently believed to demand consid-
Grafton. So many invalids have been
sent to Colorado only to die, being be-
yond the possibility of recovery any
where, that l think additional knowl-
edge from careful observation of results
is essential TO the formation of a sa~tisfac-
tory opinion in regard to the effects upon
those seriously diseased.
70 those slightly diseased, or with n
delicacy arising from hereditary tenden-
cy, Colorado seemingly ought to be one
of the best resorts. 1t has one marked
advantage in having its mountain resorts
and high attitudes for summer within a
few hours from Denver. The air of Col
orado is exceptionally fine and bracing
both in summer and winter, and very
comfortable places to reside may he
found for both seasons. For such as
have seated throat or lung disease life
may be prolonged and made more COM
Portable, if the case be not already toe
serious for such a result to be attained
anywhere; but beyond that Colorado
does not, so far as l can learn, offer any
reasonable hope.-William Smith Brown
in Harper's Magazine.
, 1887-11-18
PR EMATURE IL.

Considering everything, nobody should
regret more sincerely the retirement OF
Mr.. Sparks than the editor Of our
esteemed contemporary the Sun. What
a fruitful topic he has been for over a
year. During one long and dreary winter
Mr. Sparks monopollzed editorial atten-
ton. When every other topic failed and
the wild waste Of the worlds news
seemed stale and Improbable, Sparks
always remained the butt of ridicule and
the subject of knock-kneed sarcasm until,
between ourselves, it made this generous
Western public weary.
But after the first wild throb of Joy
comes the moment of re-~awakening.
Sparks has formally retired, and what
now rem ,ins u howl about2
We fear the editors Joy is premature,
and in the course of a few days when
topics become scarce he will be inclined
to take a rect in it.
, 1887-11-18

'Hotbeds of flirtation," expresses a
very usual opinion of co-educational
schools. AS a matter of fact it is curious
to note the wide differences in the rela-
ton of the X that exist in different
institutions. There may be or may not
be schools where the students flirt, there
certainly are schools where it is not at all
unusual for them TO fall in love, contract
engagements and in due time get mar
ried. l have in mind instances where as
many as 40 per cent. of a certain class
paired off to make life's journey together
after passing the preliminary barriers of
"differential and integral calculas in COM
pany, and / am bound to add that these
marriages, SO far as l have been informed
of them, have turned out most excel
lently well. The mingled rivalry and
good fellowship of the class room seem to
give good opportunity for that full and
fair acquaintance which ought to precede
m~atrimony, better opportunities, proba-
bly,, than are offered by the more guarded
intercourse which society sanctions.
Young men and young women students
become good comrades, and they stay
good comrades, understanding one an
other thoroughly, after they have settled
down to life's business together.
Such asses as these are not, however,
typical. A great majority of the co-edu-
c%ational colleges are more after the pat
tern of Boston university where, as one
might expect, perhaps, from the non
marrying reputation of the Hub, no at
tachment, nj especially intimate inter
course, not the faintest suspicion of a
Irritation between students and opposite
sexes has beer known since the founda-
ton of the school. The after fortune of
every student is accurately known
through the full records kept by the
graduating classes, and a year or two
ago, when l last gave my attention to the
matter, the only marriage that had
within the annals of the colleges taken
place between ex-students, was that of a
daughter of the late Bishop Gilbert
Haven, whose acquaintance with the
man who became her husband was
formed after her successful graduation.
-"E. p. H." in Kansas City Journal.
, 1887-11-18

Work on the capitol is processing
famously, and the bulldog both in its in
terror and exterior is a marvel of beauty
and even grandeur. Several of the
rooms on the upper floor are very nearly
ready for occupancy. The only cause for
annoyance is telt in the failure of the
iron covering for the dome to vet arrive.
The Toledo firm which has the contract
promised to have the material here long
ago and it is now rapidly nearing the sea,
son when it is absolutely necessary that
the dome should be inclosed. The front
and rear elevations of the building are OF
great architectural beauty and every CHI.
zen of the territory has reason to be
proud of the work as far as it has
progressed
, 1887-11-18

SOME Republican papers are publishing
with apparent pleasure two contrasting
pyramids. In the Democratic pyramid
are New York, Virginia and Maryland.
In the Republican pyramid are numbered
Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, Nebraska,
New jersey, Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts. They are welcome to them all.
The one sweeping victory in New York
more than counterbalances the whole list,
for it alone unerringly indicates the way
the political cat will jump.
, 1887-11-18
KEEFE DIDN'T WRITE 1T.
a Document Which Completely Sets at
Rest All Doubts.

A letter recently appeared in the Chi
cago Tribune which purported to be
signed by Alderman NJ. P. Keefe. of
this city. In it Mr.. Keefe appeared to
express a strong desire to hang the an
archists himself and do some other rather
strange things. In the Chicago Tribune
of Wednesday the following communica-
ton from Mr.. Keefe will be found to
completely exonerate him from any knowl-
, 1887-11-18

The fast train over the Union Pacific
has aroused much opposition from other
railroads, but Manager Potter says it has
to stay just the same. The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe, it appears, feels
most aggrieved, for it is now beaten about
twenty-four hours and will in the naturc
of things, lose much of its traffic, unless it
hits Upon a new scheme to prevent it.
The fast train is a great success.
, 1887-11-18
Tragedy IN Coat Tails.

II Shakespeare could have been present
at the academy OF music when the Keene
company played Julius Caser without
stage costumes and have seen the lean
and hungry "Cassius'' carried off the
stage dead, with his coat tails dangling
dismally between four Macon Romans, no
doubt he would have admitted that Ba-
con wrote the affair.
, 1887-11-18

edge of the letter which created such dis
satisfaction here:
Editor OF the Tribune.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. lI.-Plcase
allow me space 10 your valuable columns
to answer a letter published IN your paper
of Nov. s, headed "A Liberal Offer"
and signed M. p. Keefe, Cheyenne,
Wyo." l deny having sent any such
letter, neither have | authorized any per
son to use my name. 1t is a malicious
and prcmeditated article, and intended to
harm my business, as well as the honor
and welfare OF my family. A man who
would lower himself to SO baseborn means
OF harmIng his fellow man, either in bust
ness or otherwise, deserves the death of a
murderer; for a k away from a man his
honor and character and nothing is LETT
out the shadow of desolation. | propose
to vindicate myself before the American
people and my many friends and
relations in Chicago and here.
At a late hour last evening a
delegation of my friends waited on
me to ascertain what my motive was in
writing such an article. denied writing
it, and say now and forever that the man
who perpetrated so vile and infamous an
article on M is Il slave to himself and a
low coward. These are the men that the
American people should be careful of
They are snakes III the grass, or, in other
words, Darwin's missing link between the
man and the monkey. Would such men
be martyrs to any cause? No, for the
devil only tempts and the innocent often
fall. The anarchists died for a cause they
believed to be right, some ignorant, per-
haps, of the freedom and privileges ex-
tended by the American government to
the people of the whole world. This, my
adopted country, is the grandest and mob
lest nation on the face of the earth. All
the suppressed people of the world are
extended warm hearts and hands and wei
coined to partake of all that is ours.
The queen referred to in the article is a
as an individual. Popery is also
referred to in the article. Had |
written such words you would consider me
a fool or insane man. TO write such Ian
guage is contrary to my nature, for the
Catholic church, when no other church
existed, was the c%ivilizer and educator of
the world. and hasjcontinued to be such
and will to the end Of time. Attached
find sworn affidavit before the chief JUS
tice, w. Ia. Maginnis. M. p. KEEFE.
TERRITORY OF WYOMING, COUNTY OF
LARAME.-M. p. Keefe. being first duly
sworn, says that he did not write an arti.
Gle published in the Chicago Tribune
dated Nov. 8, headed, "a Liberal Offer"
and signed IN. p. Keefe." nor did he
authorize the same to be written or pub
lished. NJ. p. KEEFE.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence this 18th day OF November,
1887. w. i. MAGINNIs, Chief Justice.
, 1887-11-18
ItIery But Not Dangerous.


The street cars will be heated this
season, as usual. by controversy as to
the best methods of warming them.
, 1887-11-18

l'uthD ri Vfa LlDeral.I
The first issue of the Broddare, In
Blakely, contained an advertisement: "a
boy wanted at this office" The next
issue of the Early County Neirs, pub
llshed also in Blakely, contained the
following: Born to Mr.. and Mrs. w.
a. Jordon, a bouncing baby boy" W.
A. Jordan is editor of the Brohddre
Some people pretend TO believe that ad-
vertising doesn't pay, but it does.
, 1887-11-18

FIELDEN is working among the marble
cutters in the Joliet penitentiary while
Schwab is kneading dough. 1t is, per
haps, better to be kneading dough than
to be needing his neck.
, 1887-11-18

New York Commercial Advertiser.
The entire revenue of the postmaster at
brownsville, Kan, last year amounted to
only 5j cents.
, 1887-11-18

IT Is now expected hat in a weeks
time the iron Of the Cheyenne & Bur
lington will reach the eastern limits of the
cit,-
, 1887-11-18

Mrs Senator Hawley has a red head.
The settles Joseph. No red headed girl
and dark horse 20 together.
, 1887-11-18
PITH IN
There Is no Duplicate.
Macon TaIayranh

Speaking of Thanksgiving day-has
anybody ever seen a greater gobbler than
Gould2
, 1887-11-18

Mems and boys winter turbans at very
low prices. L. Greentree, the clothier.
, 1887-11-18
Dr:Nagae7& cp.
sPBCIALIsTs.

We offer no apology for d~evoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class of
Is too wretched to merit the sympathy and best
services OF the profession TO which we belong
as many are innocent sufferers, and that
TO relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
THAI the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plcatlon excels in any other branch of his pro-
lesion And, fortunately for humanity, the day
Is dawning when the false phIisnthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law. to die uncared
Tor, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Who may bo suffering from the effects OF youth
inl follies or indlscretions, will do well to avail
at the alter Of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER Will guarantee to forfeit 1--WE hundred dol
lars Tor every case OF seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease OF any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many men OF the age OF 80 to 90 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder, often accompanied by a slight
snarting or burning sensation and a weakening
OF the system In a manner the patient cannot
account for. On examining the urinary deposits
2 ropy sediment will often be found. and some.
times small particles OF albumen will appear, OF
tle color will be OF akin or milkish hue, again
changing to a dark and turbid appearance.
There are many men who die OF this difiiculty
ignorant OF the cause. which is the second stage
of seminal weakness. DR.. Wagner Will guaran-
Tee a cure In all such cases and a healthy restora-
ton of the genlto-urinary organs, Consultation
Tree. Thorough examination and advice. s. 20.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Denver Daily News and Trlbune-Republi-
can.
All communication should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER G. co.
14l4 Larirer street. Address. Box 27s3. Denver,
Colorado.
Cut this out and take along.
, 1887-11-18

NJ NIGHT 1 hstst'. h BABY
Soother ct hand. 1t is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine. but gives the child natural
ease from pain. Price 25 cents. Sold by
DR.. W. N. Hunt
, 1887-11-18

Warranty deeds at Leader Office